CVE-2023-34941
Published: 12 June 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-34941 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Asus Rt-N10Lx Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 9.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the urlFilterList function of the Asus RT-N10LX Router version 2.0.0.39. The flaw, tracked as CWE-79, arises from inadequate sanitization of the URL Keyword List text field and permits injection of arbitrary scripts or HTML. The CVE applies only to this unsupported firmware release and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.4.
An attacker with low privileges can supply a crafted payload to the affected field; when the stored value is later rendered, the script executes in the browser of any user who views the page, resulting in limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. The product is explicitly noted as unsupported by its maintainer, and the two reference URLs point to the same public proof-of-concept repository without additional mitigation guidance. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0569 with no material rise after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-38980
Vulnerability details
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the urlFilterList function of Asus RT-N10LX Router v2.0.0.39 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the URL Keyword List text field. NOTE: This vulnerability only…
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affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.